Publications by authors named "Jinqiong Niu"
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- * The study linked higher microplastic abundance to increased rainfall intensity, with these smaller particles making up about 39.6% of the total microplastic count.
- * Despite their small mass contribution, the high numerical abundance of these microplastics suggests that rainfall plays a significant role in removing airborne microplastics, which may pose environmental and health risks.
Microplastics (MPs) in terrestrial aquatic ecosystems has received increasing attention. However, its footprints in reservoirs are poorly documented compared to those in rivers and lakes, especially for small-sized microplastics (<300 μm, SMPs). This study investigated the whole size spectrum of MPs contamination, classified by shape and polymer type, in surface waters and sediments at the Jiayan reservoir, one of the cascade reservoirs in the Upper Yangtze River in western China.
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